See the Fibs box and an ad for Fibs - 1935-59 ads for
Fibs.
See more Kotex items: First
ad for the pad (1921; scroll to bottom of page)
 
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Fibs menstrual tampon, Kotex, about 1937, U.S.A.
A book, "Shared Values: A History of Kimberly-Clark" by Robert
Spector (1997), mentions Fibs as the earliest K-C tampon by name. But it
also says "The company made several stops and starts in the tampon
business" (p. 67). I have evidence that Nunap
and fax tampons might have been among
their first stops and starts (read my argument)
- and they might have been the first commercial tampons.
According to "Shared Values," Fibs was too big and bulky,
did not sell well and eventually failed.
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 Each box
of Fibs, the first Kotex tampon, held four packages of three tampons each
(left). Look how the packaging is similar to that
of fax and Nunaps.
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copyright 2006 Harry Finley
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